Smoothing-iron.



S. G. BUSKARD.

SMOOTHING IRON.

APPLIOATIQN FILED APR. 1a, 190B.V

,93 1 ,38 1 Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

viron is indicated SAMUEL G. BUSKARD, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HMOOTBING-IRON.

Bpecication o! Letters Patent'.

retented Aug. 17. 19m

Application led April 1B, 1908. Serial No. 427,316.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, SAMUEL GORDON BUSKARD, subject of the King of Great-Britain, and resident of Hamilton, in the county of iVentworth andProvince of Ontario, Canada, have invented new sind useful Improvementsin Smoothing-irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sinoothing-iroils, in which nhollow smoothh ing iron, is provided with n gris combustion chamber, und:i gas and air mixer at the rear end with flexible gus tube connectedthereL with, perforated gos pi )es extending` from said gas chamber un''into the hollow smoothing iron, und e removable cover heving anon-conductive handle connected thereto.

The objects of my invention ure, first, to

rovide a smoothing-iron adapted for pressing material of a`heavy clothnut-ure and to be used chiefly by tailors, second, to proride amplemeans for beating the bottom of the smoothing-iron in a perfeetn'mnncr', while :it the sume Inno the upper port is comparatively cool,third, to provide means for retaining the heat in the lower part of thesmoothing iron; thereby very materially economizing the heet, this beingan important feature of my invention; fourth, to provide means forkeeping the handle cool, und to afford facilities for Ventilating thesmoothing iron, und for easily removing the cover, for cleaning, undother purposes. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is un elevation of the'smoothing-iron in its completeness. Fig. Q is u sectional lun of theiron, showing the gns chamber in the renr of the iron, the .steel springsupporting arches and :l port of the asbestos shield, broken, to showsind arches. Fi 3 is an enlarged, und full sized sectional en elevationof the iron, havnfr its handle removed, and as viewed from t e rear endthereof. Fig; 4 is an enlarged section of the handle. Fig. 5 is esectional end elevation of the detiiched gus chamber, showing thecovered top thereof.

Similar characters refer to .similar parts throughout the several views.

vlin the drnwin the hollow smoothing- 'ly A, the forward end 2, of whichis suitably pointed, or rounded, :is is usual in smoothingv irons, undof suitable thickness of metal und de th. A gas chamber B, having closedtop ts snugly into the rear end nut of the i'ron und is secured firmlyandl rigidly to the end of the iron `by ineens of screws 3.

I), are gas pipes secured to the gus chamber B and conununieatetherewith und the opposite ends of said pipes followthe shape of (heside walls of the iron too near the forward end thereof und are closed.The pipes l) are located o suitable distance from the lmse of the ironand lingve uV number of ob` lqne ges outlets 4, ift, about the angle offorty-lire degrees, and pointingy toward the has(l oi the iron :1sindiczitgd by arrows, in order that the ges shall strike said base,only, to heat the stime. The openingslor gas outlets et in the pipes D,are a suitable distance apart throughout the length of the pipes. f

E, is an asbestos shield, or dome, and F, are sprin steel arches, ndistance apart, to support t ie asbestos, or other non-conductivelnuierinl. 'lhe asbestos together with the steel arches. ure between thewells of the smoothing iron, und the pipes D, sind the arches l nreadapted to retuin the asbestos in close proximity with snid Walls, bokeep the same from heating, and especially to retain the. heet in thelower or base port of the iron. The asbestos extends to about the lengthof the ipes D, and the upper part of (he asbestos nis un openiiwr oropenings 5.

The removable cover H, o the smootlnngiron, has lugs 6, which lit closeto the inner sides of the iron und are secured thereto by screws 7.

8, nre a number of openings In thesnles 'of the cover, and 9 is usimilar opening in the forward -end of the cover and which M is a gasund air mixer attached to the-- reur end-0f the smoothing iron andcommunicates with the gas combustion chmnber B. The mixer hasmnextension 12 for the attachment of a flexible gas tube to admit gas intothe mixer und the valve pin 13 is adapted to regulate the air holes '14in the mixer in order to have a sufficiency of more or less air to suitthe requirements of natural or [manufactured gas.

J is a non-conductive operating bundle of the smoothing iron undis held-m a frame K, which is secured to a central part of the cover H, bymeans of screw S, and a horizontel Ventilating tube P, extends throughthe handle J, for the passage of .air to keen the handle cool.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure b Letters Patent, is

In a hol ow smoothing iron, a divisional wall in the rear end thereof toform a gas chamber between said wall and rear end, an outer gas and airmixer on said rear end communicating with the chamber, gas pipes havingoblique holes in the lower parts thereof, in the iron and extending fromthe chamber and terminating et the forward end of the iron, asbestosextending between said as pipes and the walls of the iron, 16 and a veand over said pipes afnd having an upper o enin'g, steel arches betweenthe asbestos an the walls of the iron to support the asbestos and retainthe same in position.

SAMUEL G. B USKARD.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. Henning' RIoHAnD BUTLER.

